The people of the village have little interest in the New Year's Day of the new calendar, and for them, the real New Year is still a month away.

Ruan Yu didn't have a holiday until the big cold, and while the shops in the town were not closed, she bought a lot of New Year's goods. And when the weather was good, I hurriedly took out all the clothes and quilts at home and dried them.

When Ou Heshun came back, he brought several large bags of New Year's goods. There were too many things to bring back, so the two of them finally sorted out three bags to take back, and the rest were given to the surrounding neighbors.

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, the husband and wife set off to return to Langang Village.

Uncle Li was catching the car while chatting with them.

"Heshun, I came back later this year than last year."

Ou Heshun answered, "I have opened a new store, and it is busier than in previous years. ”

"It's also good to make more money."

"You can't ignore your family, you see, tomorrow it's twenty-eight, if you come back tomorrow, I won't pick you up."

The head of the village pays attention to the fact that Laba is the new year, Laba is the eighth day of the first month of Laba, if it is the twenty-eighth day of the month, and the old man has to work, it is really a little unreasonable.

"That's not it, there are just two of us in the town, cold and lonely, and Heshun thinks about the food at home, but he has been talking about it several times. This year, I really can't get out of it. ”

Ruan Yu joked with a smile.

When they arrived, there was no one in the courtyard.

The men sat at the dining table playing poker, the women were busy in the stove, and the children were running around the room, and they could already smell the food.

During the Chinese New Year, it can be said that women are the busiest time, and the kitchen is the best stage for them to show their skills.

Ruan Yu put down the New Year's goods in his hand, rolled up his sleeves and went into the stove to help.

Noticing that Ou Heshun was coming, the three men stopped playing poker and gathered around him.

"After a busy year, I'm finally back, let's have a family reunion and have a good New Year." This is the boss of the Ou family.

"Remember to come back a few days earlier next year." This is the second child of the Ou family.

"What, remember to come back?" This is Old Man Ou.

This hard-mouthed and arrogant attitude is exactly the same as Uncle Li, and I don't know who learned it from whom.

The two elder brothers have no opinions, and the old man is unhappy, of course he has to shun the hair first.

"Look at what you said, I forgot that no one will forget their parents."

Ou Heshun took the package and made a look of rummaging for something.

"Would you like to take a look at the New Year's gift I bought for you?"

Old Man Ou glanced at him and quickly looked away.

"It's said it's a New Year's gift, what do you look at now?"

Although the words were still not very good, the tone was much softer than before.

"Okay, okay, listen to your brother, I have to come back early next year."

In the north, there are more noodles and steamed buns, and Laba porridge will only be made once in Laba and the first few days after that. There is no habit of eating porridge with side dishes, and what is only eaten once a year is delicious when eaten dry.

The women brought the porridge to the table, and the adults and children competed for it.

"Wait a minute, don't be busy eating."

Ou Heshun's words dispelled everyone's idea of moving chopsticks.

"Third child, what's the matter?"

"I brought some side dishes from Linchun City, and it tasted good with porridge."

The crowd was silent.

"When did you last come back from Linchun City?"

Ou Heshun thought for a moment, "It's the middle of October." ”

There was condemnation in everyone's eyes.

It's been a month now, and I've been putting the side dishes for three or four months, so can I still eat them?

"It's not what you think, it's all packaged, and the shelf life is half a year."

"I didn't buy it when I came back, it was when Linchun City came to deliver it in December, and I asked someone to bring it to me."

"I looked at the production date, and it was only produced at the end of November, which is very early before the expiration date."

Ou Heshun said a good thing, and finally persuaded everyone to believe it and decided to give it a try.

It's obviously a good thing, but why is it so difficult to implement?

Forget it, it's fine, after eating, you know that he didn't lie.

Ou and obedient took out a few bags of mustard and kelp from his bag and poured them into two plates taken out of the kitchen.

The mustard is fine, brownish-yellow, and the texture looks a bit like jelly eaten by children.

The kelp silk is black and green, soaked in red oil, and the surface is also shiny.

These two side dishes look like they are average, with a faint food aroma, but they are not strong enough to attract the mouth.

In order to show her support for her father, Tianniu took the first chopsticks.

Dad is happy that you can support you, but don't show such a generous and righteous expression......

Of course, there is no righteousness.

After all, this is a side dish for porridge, not poison.

She tasted the kelp silk, which tasted refreshing, not too spicy, and had a hint of sweetness.

Everyone moved their eyes to the sweet girl, and the meaning was clear, "How does it taste?" "Is it delicious?"

The sweet girl smashed her mouth and found that she knew too few words to describe its taste, and finally could only choose the most brief answer.

"It's delicious."

The chopsticks that everyone was ready to go fell on the plate one after another.

Ou He obediently felt the gap in family status in the attitude of everyone towards himself and his daughter.

Chinese New Year's Eve.

Tear off last year's Spring Festival couplets and replace them with newly bought ones, and hang two big red lanterns at the door.

The children gathered at the door, pointing their fingers.

"It's crooked."

"Move a little to the left."

"Moved too much, move a little more to the right."

The women had been busy all morning, and they had made up ten dishes and set up a table full of them.

Before eating the reunion dinner, a firecracker should be set off, and Ou Xiangxue volunteered, "I'll come, I'll come." The good old man didn't stop him, and stuffed the lit incense into his hand.

The first time he lit such a large string of firecrackers, he stretched out his hand and retracted it, and several times he didn't light the fuse.

"If we don't light any more firecrackers, we'll start eating."

"Ignited!"

Ou Xiangxue hurriedly ran home, and the sound of crackling explosions sounded behind him.

The exploding red paper flew all over the sky, as if to herald the prosperity of the new year.

After having a reunion dinner, the evening is to keep the New Year.

Adults chatting and playing poker with melon seeds, children are too young to stay up, they fall asleep directly when they are sleepy, and they seem to be able to hear the sound of firecrackers set off by every household at zero o'clock in their sleep, and they wake up to find that they are already lying on the bed.

New Year, New Weather, no matter who you meet, the first thing you say is, "Happy New Year".

Adults and children all changed into newly made clothes.

On the first day of the first lunar month, I want to go out to pay New Year's greetings.

First go to the village to respect the family of several respected clans one by one, and then go to the relatives of the family to walk around, there are not many people with the surname Ou in the village, and you can finish the worship in half a day.

The two oldest people in the family are going to stay at home, and the rest of the adults and children have to go to pay New Year's greetings.

There are melon seeds and candies on the table of each house, and the dried sweet potatoes made by themselves are placed on the poor conditions, and the children who come to greet the New Year say "Happy New Year", the old man grabs a handful with a smile and stuffs it into the children's pockets.

Therefore, there is basically no child who does not like the New Year, after all, the snacks that can not be eaten usually can be eaten casually during the New Year.